Parking house in the area of Průmyslová 7 by mar.s architects

Construction has begun on a parking garage for 206 vehicles and a new storage hall on the site of a gravel parking lot, overgrown areas, and remnants of a former collection yard in Prague. The parking garage itself is expected to cost approximately 300 million crowns, followed later by an administrative building exceeding 600 million crowns. The total investment by ANVI to transform the Průmyslová 7 Business Park site will thus approach one billion crowns.
The corner lot at the Prague streets Průmyslová and Rabakovská is starting to change shape. ANVI commenced the first phase of the reconstruction of its business park in July, which includes a four-story parking garage and a storage hall. The completion of both buildings is planned for 2028. Currently, earthworks and preparatory tasks are underway, particularly the construction of a retaining wall and the relocation of utility networks.
The project, designed by the Prague studio mar.s architects, aims to enhance the exposed corner of the Malešicko-Hostivař industrial area in addition to fulfilling the operational needs of the company. The first phase will offer a total gross floor area of 10,098 square meters. The parking garage will account for 6,648 square meters, while the storage hall will be around 3,450 square meters.
The parking garage will provide 206 spaces over four above-ground levels and on the operationally utilized roof. Its height will reach approximately 15.65 meters and will be aligned with the existing administrative building. The facility aims to centralize parking that is currently dispersed across surface areas, freeing up land for the next phase of development.
“Parking garages are often perceived as purely technical structures. Our intention, however, was for the new facility to play a much more prominent role than just increasing parking capacity. In Průmyslová 7, we see it as the first phase of broader enhancement in the Malešicko-Hostivař industrial area,” explains architect Martin Šenberger from mar.s architects.
The façade of the building will feature a bleached reinforced concrete grid, red-colored stair cores, and a ramp. Concrete window sills will also serve as barriers to prevent vehicles from driving through the façade. The architectural solution is not intended to be limited only to the sides facing the streets.
“The regular concrete grid is evident in all main views, while the red-colored parts highlight the operational elements of the building, and climbing greenery is intended to gradually soften its technical character. Thus, the structure will not appear as a closed garage, but as a dynamic part of the street and site environment,” says Šenberger.
A striking feature of the parking garage will be a rooftop steel pergola with stainless steel meshes. Climbing plants are expected to create a green cover over the parked cars during the summer. Additional climbing greenery will grow on the ground floor between the concrete skeleton and on the façades of the storage hall. The project also includes perennial and shrub flowerbeds, a flowering meadow, and the planting of approximately 33 trees.
Rainwater will be collected into a retention and accumulation tank and subsequently used for irrigation. On the south-facing part of the shed skylight of the storage hall, a photovoltaic power plant with an output of 40 kWp will be established, with its production to be consumed by the buildings in the area. The parking garage will also feature a designated charging zone for electric vehicles.
According to the authors, vegetation is not merely decoration. “On the ground floor of the parking garage, climbing greenery will grow on rod fillings between the concrete skeleton, serving both aesthetic and safety functions, and the façades of the storage hall will be complemented by cable systems for climbing plants,” adds Šenberger.
The Institute of Planning and Development of the capital city of Prague entered the proceedings on behalf of the city as the owner of the neighboring land. In its statement, it praised the architectural level of the design, the amount of vegetation, and the concentration of parking capacities into one facility. “Such an approach could serve as a model for the gradual transformation of the Malešicko-Hostivař industrial area into a modern and sustainable scientific-technological zone,” stated the institute.
The IPR also positively assessed the preparation for connection with the neighboring building, which aims to prevent duplication of entrances from Průmyslová Street. The concentration of cars in the parking garage could, according to the institute, allow for the replacement of part of the surface parking lots with greenery or permeable surfaces in the future.
An equally important part of the first phase will be the storage hall, which has received a common building permit with the parking garage. The three-aisle prefabricated reinforced concrete skeleton will offer approximately 2,362 square meters of storage space. The two main aisles, with a height of around ten meters, will be designated for rack storage, and natural light will be brought in through shed skylights.
“The southern service aisle will accommodate both incoming and outgoing operations, administrative support, and a relocated site substation,” describes Šenberger. The façade of the hall will consist of sandwich panels with trapezoidal profiling, and the service part oriented towards the delivery yard will be highlighted by a red-pink panel. The northern and western façades will be complemented by trellises for climbing greenery.
The parking garage and hall will prepare the space for the second phase of development – a new administrative headquarters for ANVI. The building is currently in the study and documentation phase for a building permit. It is to be constructed on a plot that now serves as a parking lot for employees of the existing facilities.
“The relocation of parking to the new parking garage is therefore a prerequisite for further transformation of the site,” says co-owner of the ANVI group, Josef Vintr. The new office building is expected to complement the existing administration and create a more representative part of the site with a central park, green roofs, and living terraces.
The estimated costs for the parking garage are around 300 million crowns, while the subsequent administrative building is expected to require more than 600 million. The total investment in the transformation of the site will thus approach one billion crowns.
The ANVI group operates in the wholesale flooring trade and rents storage spaces. The Průmyslová 7 site is being developed primarily to expand storage capacities and modernize its facilities. Thus, the parking garage will not be public; it will primarily serve employees, tenants, and visitors of the site.

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